LOT 145 A rare George III forged iron and steel weight-driven spit r...
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A rare George III forged iron and steel weight-driven spit roasting jack Anonymous, southern England, third quarter of the 18th century The two wheel train with concealed winding clicks to the greatwheel arbor beneath fine baluster turned first wheel arbor driving a vertical worm gear for the fly, the frame with elaborate C-scroll forged iron frontplate incorporating stylised hogs mask motif applied with the worm gear lower potance behind, fixed via two ogee-moulded nuts to the top and lower bars riveted to conforming vertical bar and pair of hoops terminated with drilled pads for wall mounting at the rear, with later four-spoke fly wheel, (no winding key or weight), the frontplate 30cm (11.75ins) high. Comparable jacks to the current lot are discussed in Gentle, Rupert and Feild, Belinda DOMESTIC METALWORK 1640-1820 pages 247-49.
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